On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Martin Gorczakowski wrote:
> So is it a really big problem with the via 686b south bridge. Some people say
>
> they didn`t experience any problems, but some say they did [even minor]. So
>
> what is your opinion about this ? Would it be better to buy a amd mobo or better
>
> some intel board.
I received the following msg from the kernel list this morning. It looks
like there is finally hope for the VIA boards. :-)
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jul 20 11:32:37 2001
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:36:42 +0100 (BST)
From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jussi Laako <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2.4.6-ac5 and VIA Athlon chipsets
> It looks like the 2.4.6-ac5 fixed the deadlock feature with ASUS A7V133
> mobo. It's been running stable for over 24 hours now. VIA and Promise IDE
> controllers are in use.
Excellent. I hope soon to push the official via fix to Linus. The other good
news is that I now have some official VIA contacts, so where there is a real
need information should flow to the right places.
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